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Jon Urbanchek, a Hungarian immigrant who became a revered swimming coach in the United States and guided 44 swimmers to the Olympics, where they won 21 medals, 11 of them gold, died May 9 in hospice care at his home in Fullerton, California. He was 87.
Tyr is outfitting the U.S. team with apparel and footwear to wear out of the pool for the July Olympics.
The Greensboro Aquatics Center is hosting the top swimmers in the US for a pre Olympic trials swim meet
Competing for Suriname, Nesty was the first Black male swimmer to win Olympic gold when he upset Matt Biondi in Seoul.
ANTHONY NESTY made more history Thursday when he was picked to lead the US men’s swimming team in Paris, where he will become the first Black head coach for the powerhouse American squad at the Olympics. Nesty’s selection was announced by USA Swimming, which also appointed Todd DeSorbo to head the women’s squad next summer. Nesty,